Christmas Eve 2003
Dad used to say… Christmas bah humbug
people don’t know what it is about anymore
illust 134 white socks and fur coats
Winter festivals
Snowman songs, snowflake songs
Charlie brown
Don’t remember the story
Doesn’t anybody know what Christmas is about
‘this is what Christmas is about Charlie brown
there went out a decree
Tired of meaningless Christmas, Christless Christmas
Sick of the sterile Christmas
Where are those people tonight? What are they doing?
Ive had funerals for people like that….tough
I want the real thing
I want to live my life with people who know the real thing
That’s not what Christmas is about
Nick swanson story
Look in the manger, what do you see?
In him was life
Authentic-earthly
Honest/Appealing
No masks
I cannot bear a stuffy church
If you are here tonight, maybe this is your song
In Christmas,God becomes approachable, known, moves in next door
We come to know who we are, to know who God is
We come to know that we are loved and forgiven
Look in the manger, what do you see? Life..light of men
Changes them: selfish to caring; turned in to turned out
We become change agents
Light shines in the darkness
Shines everywhere
The flu…don’t want it, don’t want to be a carrier
You are a missionary wherever you are at
You are passing something on right now to those around you
But when you open yourself, something happens
4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[1] it. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--
Tonight we celebrate the light
The light that has come into the world
We have one chance to live….
Will we be the winter festival crowd
Will be be the bah humbug crowd
No
It is my joy to offer you the light
Take the light. Embrace the light.
Stand to receive the light of Christ
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Dear friends…..It is a joy each year to participate in out tradition of walk to the manger.
On that first Christmas, shepherds angels and wise men made their way to the manger and offered their worship, their love, and their gifts.
God has blessed us in the year 2003 and we to have the opportunity to offer a special gift to the Christ child.
It is a joy to invite you to join me and take a walk to the manger.
Dad used to say… Christmas bah humbug
people don’t know what it is about anymore
illust 134 white socks and fur coats
Winter festivals
Snowman songs, snowflake songs
Charlie brown
Don’t remember the story
Doesn’t anybody know what Christmas is about
‘this is what Christmas is about Charlie brown
there went out a decree
Tired of meaningless Christmas, Christless Christmas
Sick of the sterile Christmas
Where are those people tonight? What are they doing?
Ive had funerals for people like that….tough
I want the real thing
I want to live my life with people who know the real thing
That’s not what Christmas is about
Nick swanson story
Look in the manger, what do you see?
In him was life
Authentic-earthly
Honest/Appealing
No masks
I cannot bear a stuffy church
If you are here tonight, maybe this is your song
In Christmas,God becomes approachable, known, moves in next door
We come to know who we are, to know who God is
We come to know that we are loved and forgiven
Look in the manger, what do you see? Life..light of men
Changes them: selfish to caring; turned in to turned out
We become change agents
Light shines in the darkness
Shines everywhere
The flu…don’t want it, don’t want to be a carrier
You are a missionary wherever you are at
You are passing something on right now to those around you
But when you open yourself, something happens
4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[1] it. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--
Tonight we celebrate the light
The light that has come into the world
We have one chance to live….
Will we be the winter festival crowd
Will be be the bah humbug crowd
No
It is my joy to offer you the light
Take the light. Embrace the light.
Stand to receive the light of Christ
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friends…..It is a joy each year to participate in out tradition of walk to the manger.
On that first Christmas, shepherds angels and wise men made their way to the manger and offered their worship, their love, and their gifts.
God has blessed us in the year 2003 and we to have the opportunity to offer a special gift to the Christ child.
It is a joy to invite you to join me and take a walk to the manger.
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